!Restored: ArchiCAD 11 Library Updated

[Aaron Bourgoin]

If you haven't checked already, GS have released an updated library - for the US version anyway. It's dated July 4

[Karl Ottenstein]

James wrote:
Anyone else missing all the lights in the Lightworks library?

I notice James and Matthew are on Mac, so this may be an issue with the dmg. (My ISP slows me down after so many MB of downloads, and so I can't get the dmg today to check...maybe tomorrow.)

With the zip file for Windows, the three LW lights are in the LW folder.

The way the zip file was constructed - with just the LCF file and the LW folder, I copied it on top of the contents of the AC 11 lib folder and said 'yes' to the replace/overwrite prompts.

Karl

[Stephen Dolbee]

Basin Cabinet 11 still not fixed. The sink does not print if object is rotated.

[__archiben]

can someone in the know confirm whether or not this was just a USA library update?

when i check (INT or NZE) it tells me that i'm up to date - but since the library date that it thinks i've got is january 1st 1970 i don't actually trust what it's telling me . . .

cheers!
~/archiben

[James Murray]

Matthew wrote:
I just copied them over from the old one.

Probably didn't fix the dupe hotspot ID bug though.

[rob2218]

I started a topic on this not knowing there was already a "LIBRARY" thread going on.

So, how and what do I do with all the LIB and other files that are contained in the zip file? Once I download the library zip file, where do I extract the contents of that zip within the C:/Programs/Graphisoft folder structure?

[Anonymous]

rob2218 wrote:
I started a topic on this not knowing there was already a "LIBRARY" thread going on.

So, how and what do I do with all the LIB and other files that are contained in the zip file? Once I download the library zip file, where do I extract the contents of that zip within the C:/Programs/Graphisoft folder structure?

You can put it anywhere you like and load it in the Library Manager. If you just replace your existing library (presumably in the ArchiCAD application folder) it will be found and loaded automatically (as long as you don't change the name). If you do replace the old one, make sure you have he LightWorks lamps in the new library first.

[Greg Kmethy]

Only the USA library Hotfix is currently available. We have added themissing release note.

We have also replaced the Mac library update with the missing LightWorks Lights. Mac users should download the library again. (It's also OK if you have copied the LightWorks Lights from the old library, since these objects have not changed)

[Greg Kmethy]

Karl wrote:

Hmmm...but this doesn't work anyway: I've installed the new library, and it still tells me I'm out of date and need to download the update. (The famous "Jan 1, 1970" library message.)

Karl, you must be tweaking your library and you probably have 2 LCF files in your ArchiCAD 11 Library folder. The update checks the creation date of the LCF file, and if there are two, it can't decide which is OK, so it sends a "0" time stamp (which translates to 1970-01-01 in the Unix world) to the server. We have corrected how the server reacts to it - it will report "date invalid" instead of 1970-01-01.

[Karl Ottenstein]

gkmethy wrote:
Karl, you must be tweaking your library and you probably have 2 LCF files in your ArchiCAD 11 Library folder. The update checks the creation date of the LCF file, and if there are two, it can't decide which is OK, so it sends a "0" time stamp (which translates to 1970-01-01 in the Unix world) to the server. We have corrected how the server reacts to it - it will report "date invalid" instead of 1970-01-01.

Thanks, Greg...one step closer to solving this!

No, I don't tweak my LCFs as I try to maintain a standard installation for client support and ac-talk.

There are definitely several different bugs in the technology to work out, but it is great that we will finally have this fully automated with 11. 😉

There is also a usability issue.

Usability issue: Yes, I did have two LCF files in my folder, as I had copied the Accessories Library 11.lcf (Goodies) file into there. The usability thing is that if we put the Accessories add-on in our add-ons folder (I make a Goodies subfolder), then if we do not place the corresponding lcf in our main lib folder, the 'new from template' will not find the parts needed by the add-on. Going into Lib Manager each time is not really an option, and most users will not want to redefine the default template. Creating an "Accessories" folder under "ArchiCAD Library 11" and placing the LCF into there solves this one.

Minor Bug 1: If there is ANY file whatsoever in "ArchiCAD Library 11" that contains the string "LCF" in its file name, the version check fails and I see the message attached. I simply created a text file with the name "This is not an lcf file.txt" and got the attached. IMHO the software should specifically check the file named "Object Library 11.lcf", not generically *lcf*

Bug 2: As on the Mac, with the proper LCF only in the folder, the update process reads the wrong date. Screenshot in next post since I can only attach one image here... The wrong file attributes are being read, I think...

Best regards,
Karl

[Karl Ottenstein]

Screenshot of bug 2 from previous post - the LCF from the zip file copied properly.